“What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.” WorldPersonsCharacterPoetryPoetRaisesGreat PoetGreat Poetry Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing remains true to you but your own self; provided you remain true to it.” WorldLifeGivingSelfViewsClaimsRemainsHeathenFalse Gods Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.” PeopleIfsWorldLongBookChangeWrittenInfluenceChangedMaterialsLong TimeGods WillCensorshipConsideringGood BookLong Time AgoPrinted Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.” WorldHardMomentsActionDecisionCourageHardestImpulseHardest ThingTaking Action Author:Franz Grillparzer
“What are the characteristics of today's world so that one may recognize it by them?" It pays pensions and borrows money: credit and monuments.” WorldMayTodayMoneyPayCreditCharacteristicsMaterialismMonumentPensionToday's World Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!” WorldDreamGloryShadowTransience Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.” WorldLeftDifficultThis WorldAchievementProfoundSimplicityDifficult Things Author:Franz Grillparzer
“In early times, before the floods swept across the world, there was life, albeit odd, as one can see from the fossils of mammoth bones, and there was the regime of Prince Metternich.” WorldBonesOddRegimesFloodFossilsMetternich Author:Franz Grillparzer
